On a warm day in April 2013, my husband-then-boyfriend introduced me to Henk. I knew right away that Henk wasn’t exactly friendship...

5 years ago, I l was a different person. I was doing yoga every single day, would compliment complete strangers on their haircut, and...

When I moved to San Francisco in 2015, I was completely shocked by the immense number of unhoused people on the streets of this beautiful...

The days I was ashamed to cry in public are long gone. At the WOMEN’S HUB DAY last Saturday, I cried at least five times, because I was...

We took in a Ukrainian family yesterday: a mother, her 20-year-old daughter and her 8-year-old son. Their father is still in Ukraine,...

I am a ‘weight of the world’ type of person, and to see others suffer is harder for me than to experience hardship myself. I always feel...

In a world that’s obsessed with goal setting, to-do lists and productivity hacks, how do you stop pushing yourself and surrender to the...

I’ve struggled with our society’s obsession with productivity for a while now. The focus on constantly improving our output, squeezing...

I am usually not into cat pics, but I started the year posting this on social media because it so accurately described my mood at that...

I felt completely on top of my game, joining the German WOMEN’S HUB LOVE SESSION with Anja Plattner to reflect on the past year and set...

The only thing that was on my calendar when we moved to San Francisco in 2015 was a month-long yoga teacher training. Not because I...

Yesterday night, I watched a Dutch television show called ‘vaccinatie vetes’ - which would translate to something like ‘vaccination...

I know that if I tell you what I did on Tuesday, some of you will go ‘good for you girrrrrl’, while most of you will probably wonder why...

I didn’t want to write this email, because I didn’t feel in the mood to be uplifting and inspiring and fun. But then I realized that I...

I have decided to sabotage my whole email format this week, because I am completely captivated by the #thislittlegirlisme campaign. The...

Last Monday, I had to wear shoes for a whole morning😮 because I was leading an in-person workshop for women scientists in the field of...

I almost can’t believe it: in a month from now, we will finally be able to host the in-person event that Nele and I have been postponing...

Did you notice I skipped a newsletter? I know you didn’t😉 But I will share my excuse for skipping a beat anyway: I was in the...

In the spirit of summer, I decided to change things up a little and share five of my favorite places in the world - and I would love to...

While you are reading this I am hanging out by the pool in Italy, celebrating the 40th wedding anniversary of my parents-in-law....